South Korean regulators are closing in on legislation that would fundamentally reshape who can own the country's major cryptocurrency exchanges.
London-based asset manager CoinShares has listed a new exchange-traded product tied to BNB, eliminating management fees entirely and routing staking yields directly to investors - a structure that breaks from industry convention.
OKX officially crossed into traditional finance territory on March 4, 2026, rolling out USDT-settled perpetual futures contracts tied to some of the most closely watched U.S. equities and indices on the market.
Arizona is pushing to become one of the first states to hold and actively manage cryptocurrency seized from criminals, rather than liquidating it - a move that puts the state at the forefront of a growing national trend.
The Sui blockchain made a notable move on March 4, 2026, with the official launch of its native stablecoin, Sui Dollar (USDsui) — and the structure behind it is drawing attention for reasons beyond the launch itself.
Coinbase has officially launched U.S. stock trading on its platform, marking a major expansion beyond its core cryptocurrency business and signaling a deeper convergence between digital asset platforms and traditional financial markets.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is turning up the pressure on the Senate to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act - legislation he argues is essential to ending what he calls years of "regulation by enforcement" and positioning the United States as a global leader in digital asset markets.
Ethereum's infrastructure is busier than it has ever been. Network throughput - the amount of computational work processed per second - has broken all-time highs, with the combined output of Ethereum's Layer 1 and Layer 2 ecosystem surpassing 100 Mgas/s. That's a number that would have seemed far-fetched just two years ago.
Standard Chartered has recruited Naveen Mallela, the executive credited with building JPMorgan's blockchain payments empire from the ground up — a move that underscores just how seriously the bank is taking its digital asset ambitions.
A public spat between one of Wall Street's most powerful executives and a top White House official has put the future of stablecoin regulation squarely in the crosshairs - and it's beginning to drag broader crypto legislation down with it.
The battle over U.S. crypto legislation has entered a decisive phase. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to X on March 3, 2026, to declare that the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act is fundamentally about protecting American consumers - not the industry - and warned that Washington's patience with delay is running out.
Kraken has become the first cryptocurrency company to gain access to core payment infrastructure used by traditional U.S. banks, marking a significant step toward deeper integration between digital asset platforms and the country’s financial system.



